Thanks guys, I will double check that in the morning, you have good eyes. I shall retire that motor to the trash and continue to fly with my spare. I'll load a higher resolution picture tomorrow just to confirm, but your electrical background is a tad superior to mine.

If it is toast, "Be Kind, always re-wind"! Who thought a catch phrase from the eighties would return.

It would still be a good bell and shaft for a future possible Lawn Dart event.

Nice nice, yes you can knife edge all day, knife edge loops (pinwheels) are quite possible with this plane. Flew 6 times since I fried my motor, but been back on the higher speed fix today. Too many mosquito's here right now. Glad to hear your report on the 750's. I am getting near 10min on the 1300's at around 80%. The surfaces on this plane are just so huge, you can throw it around however you care. Very good, now if they would only do the hatch mod at factory and just beef up the motor mount a little bit. I know I will wear this plane out, but I have no hesitation about buying another. Definitely my favorite plane to fly.

Nice nice, yes you can knife edge all day, knife edge loops (pinwheels) are quite possible with this plane. Flew 6 times since I fried my motor, but been back on the higher speed fix today. Too many mosquito's here right now. Glad to hear your report on the 750's. I am getting near 10min on the 1300's at around 80%. The surfaces on this plane are just so huge, you can throw it around however you care. Very good, now if they would only do the hatch mod at factory and just beef up the motor mount a little bit. I know I will wear this plane out, but I have no hesitation about buying another. Definitely my favorite plane to fly.

Yes... The Horns could use some thought as well. The hovers are almost hands free, we had a slight breeze today, it just drifted in a hover across the runway. Very well behaved. I had the rudder servo come loose, I was a tad to light with the glue for the Knife edge loop. No damage, just needs a bit more hot melt.

My rudder servo did the same. But it was not the hot melt it took the top layer of depron with it, so I CA'd it back, since then been OK. I have had no trouble with the horns, so I wonder if there was a bad batch.

My rudder servo did the same. But it was not the hot melt it took the top layer of depron with it, so I CA'd it back, since then been OK. I have had no trouble with the horns, so I wonder if there was a bad batch.

Ouch... So they should maybe consider backing that with a tad of light ply. I am glad the hot melt just pulled away without damage to the chassis. It is a long fuse, the force from a KE Loop has got to strain something I guess.

I just cut around the black cockpit line with a dremel side cutter. Then ran some 1/4 sq ply across the gap to give a little rigidity on both the fuse and the canopy. Then countersunk a magnet on this ply with a washer on the revised canopy. Holds solid now, and access is how it should be.

I just cut around the black cockpit line with a dremel side cutter. Then ran some 1/4 sq ply across the gap to give a little rigidity on both the fuse and the canopy. Then countersunk a magnet on this ply with a washer on the revised canopy. Holds solid now, and access is how it should be.

I normally hold all my foamies by the canopy to hand launch, this one I have been holding the top of the fuse behind the canopy. I am going to put on a tad bit taller set of tires so this thing will ROG. When I had the axi on there <10 grams lighter> it would do an ROG, since the motor upgrade it doesn't like it. This has all been on grass, paved surface may be better.

I generally hand launch and I now hold from the top at the motor mount. Occasionally I will take off from concrete, just feed the elevator in gently and she will suddenly pop up. You can also feed a little down elevator to pop the tail from the ground and then pull back for a less sudden lift off. Fun, fun plane. Bigger wheels may help with take off. I may try that myself.

Not flown for a while with the Silhouette, been helping other flyers, and flying a couple of new aircraft. Back to it today, and remains a great flying plane, been a lot more durable since I avoided landing on the concrete, and no more motor problems, knock on wood. Any issues I'll report back here, and will be flying frequently over the next few days.